-The Indian Express To solve India’s deep agrarian crisis, more public investment and government support are needed, not the new farm laws The farmers’ movement invites us to revisit the trajectory of India’s agriculture so as to understand its real problems. Beginning in the mid-1960s, India and, especially, Punjab experienced a massive productivity boom as a result of widespread adoption of Green Revolution technologies. This transition was driven by public investment in...
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Delhi: Expert panel creates 5-year plan to restore and manage Najafgarh lake -Shivam Patel
-The Indian Express The plan lists a number of immediate, medium and long- term measures that need to be taken over five years to manage and restore the trans-boundary lake shared between Haryana and Delhi, which lies southwest of the capital. An expert committee set up by the Delhi government has prepared an environmental management plan for Najafgarh lake on directions of the National Green Tribunal (NGT). The plan lists a number...
More »First high dam on Yamuna may pose flood risk to city: Experts -Jayashree Nandi and Soumya Pillai
-Hindustan Times The move has reignited a three-decade old worry among environmentalists who have been flagging the project as a potential risk for the national capital. The Chamoli flash floods of February 7 have brought the spotlight back on the first high dam on the Yamuna scheduled to come up at Lakhwar in Dehradun and Tehri in Uttarakhand after the Union environment ministry’s expert appraisal committee recommended the 300MW Lakhwar Multipurpose Project...
More »Wetland authority seeks action plan to revive 1,000 water bodies -Shivam Patel
-The Indian Express Proposals for the remaining 755, which include 39 untraceable water bodies, are being sought and agencies have been asked to submit them by the end of this month, a Delhi government official said. The Delhi Wetland Authority has sought action plans from land-owning and maintenance agencies for revival of more than 1,000 water bodies in the capital, including lakes, ponds and wells. Details compiled by the authority show that...
More »Hyderabad sees rise in Groundwater levels -Siddharth Rao
-TelanganaToday.in Officials attribute this to copious rainfall and rainwater harvesting in the city Hyderabad: The year 2020 might not be one that everyone wants to remember. But for those watching the Groundwater tables of Hyderabad, the Water Year of 2020-2021 has been one of a steady, encouraging rise. In the Hyderabad division, the mean Groundwater level rose from 5.37 metres below ground level (mbgl) in December 2019 to 3.48 mbgl in December 2020,...
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